The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

"A Report That the Knights OF Labor o
Augusta Will Erect a Cooperative
Knitting Mill-A Little Girl Breaks
Her Arm Justas She Was Recovering
From Similar Accident.
GEORGIA,
Bridges and fences were washed away by
rain at Danielsville Tuesday.
The friends of prohibition will ask for an
election in Muscogee next fall.
The merchants of Temple shipped about
EOS dozen eggs in one week recently.
The reunion of the Eighth Georgia Regi,
ment will take place In Rome on Aug. 30.
The Weekly Press Association will meet
Aug. is, instead of Aug. 5, as announced.
A J. Bird, of Meter, has twenty acres
planted upon which he will make thousand
bushels of corn.
At Augusta Saturday a negro stole $40,
and with it laid the nucleus for a fortune by
depositing it in a savings bank.
At Suwanee Sunday Johnnie Ambrose,
while bathing in the Chattahoochee river
with several boys, was drowned.
The opera house at Athens is fast ap-
preaching the sky. If scaffolding and bricks
hold out it will be high up in the air by
Aug. l.
The directors Of the National Bank, of
Augusta, will meet to-day and elect a Presi-
dent to fill the place made vacant by Mr.
Sibley's death.
There is a syndicate forming in Athens to
build another ice mandatory. The de
mand has increased so during the hot wealth
er that another ice house would pay.
Several citizens of Americas are contem-
plating erecting wind mills on their prem
ises They are great conveniences and al
ways insure an abundant water supply.
Farmers in Wilkinson county state that
the corn crop will fall short of last years
yield, but that the prospect for cotton is
better than ever before in their knowledge
Mr.. Stanley says he made "a thousand dol
lars out of the Commercial Hotel at Athens
the last commencement. He has about 100
regular boarders, and the Commercial is
fourishing.
Besides the regular inspection of Column
bus, the chief of police has instructed the
entire police force to visit every yard and
lot in Columbus to see that they are thor
oughly cleaned.
A. L. Ellison and NJ. and J. r. Hines
have formed a copartnership and Will go to
work at once to put upa lanyard on Tan
Yard branch, near the old Ellison butcher
pen, at Milledgeville
Brooks county, besides leading all of her
neighbors in the watermelon business, is not
so tar behind in pear shipments, as the fact
that she has shipped very near 500 crates
this season will show.
Miss Tullis, daughter of w. L. Tullis, liv-
ing at Harris mills, few miles from Ameri-
Gus, was struck by lightning Tuesday night
during the heaviest rain that has fallen in
that section for years. She was rendered
unconscious.
Mrs. Mat Crawford, living near Dranes-
Marion anfx had TOO,
killed by one stroke of lightning one day
last week. There were twenty-one hogs all
huddled up near the house. After the light
ming flash only four were found alive
A bill will be introduced in the Legisla-
ture to make the Middle Georgia Military
and Agricultural College the Georgia Mill
tary College, which provides that 5000 be
appropriated annually for its maintenance,
and $1,000 be appropriated for petting the
buildings in repair.
Work is progressing right along on the
Athens school buildings Mr.. McGinty
says they will be ready in plenty of time
for the opening day. They will also be COM
pleted i'll full accordance with the contract.
This gentleman says that the people will be
entirely pleased with the houses.
Saturday night there was an immense
gathering of the Knights of Labor at Ros-
well. 1t is estimated that not less than
800 persons were present, including many
ladies. The Mayor of the town presided
over the meeting Addresses were made bv
the editor of the Working World, by Prof.
Wallace and several Others.
1t is reported that the Knights of Labor
are negotiating for a water site near Au-
gusta, TO put up cooperative knitting
mill. 1t is said that the local assembly has
quite large amount of money on hand,
and has been anxious to erect mill of this
KIND for some time They will make socks,
undershirts and all kinds of knit goods.
AT Augusta, three weeks ago, Lizzie. the
little daughter of Hugh Ronnett, living on
upper Broad street, fell from a door and
broke both bones Of her left arm. The in
jured limb was set and was almost as strong
as ever, when she fell on the sidewalk yes
terday morning and broke the arm again in
the same place, also spraining her wrist
There is cell in the Lexington Jail, up
stairs, that is an unlucky one, and no one
etr confined in it was known to come clear
1T was from this cell that Jones, the wife
murderer, was taken to be executed, and in
it was confined Ross Griffith, when he was
taken from the jail and lynched. Several of
Its occupants are now serving long terms in
the penitentiary.
Quite laughable scene was enacted in r
l.. Holloway q Co. S store, at Milledgeville
on Tuesday. The porter Hicks, and Rufus
Gumm, cut watermelon in half, and the
test was who could eat his half the quickest.
The last one through was to pay for the
melon. Rufus made the best time on record.
He finished his half, and scraped the rind
and drank the juice before the other was
through.
Wednesday morning as J. A. Culpepper
was going to Americas in his buggy he saw
rabbit a short distance from the road. He
dismounted and threw an apple at bunnie,
killing it. He then picked up the rabbit
and apple, got into his buggy and started on
to the city. After going short distance he
saw another rabbit, and again threw the
same apple at this one. He killed this rab-
bit also, brought them both to the city and
sold them.
AT Griffin during the past few DAYS the
weather has been excessively warm. In
fact, so terrific has been the heat that sew
eral have been Frustrated thereby. The
only fatality that has occurred, however.
-vas that of Andrew Richardson. who
dropped dead Friday afternoon. Andrew
was working ON a house for Mr. Hasselkus
and became overheated, came down from
the housetop, took drink of water and inn
mediately fell dead.
A man eating shark, eleven feet long, was
discovered by Mr.. Frank Yarbro, and sew
eral others whilst gigging, lying In the
mouth Of Spring creek near Bainbridge.
The shark was evidently lying in wait for
some large rock fish that were disporting in